Emergency Medicine International / 2024 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Comparison of Clinical Characteristics, Therapy, and Short-Term Prognosis between Blunt and Penetrating Abdominal Trauma: A Multicentric Retrospective Cohort Study Table 2 Clinical characteristics of enrolled abdominal trauma patients.
All patients Penetrating abdominal trauma Blunt abdominal trauma PAT vs BAT valueAge (years, n%) <18 38 (6.87) 13 (7.65) 25 (6.53) 0.002 18–44 339 (61.31) 122 (71.77) 217 (56.66) 45–59 124 (22.42) 27 (15.88) 97 (25.33) >59 52 (9.40) 8 (4.70) 44 (11.49) Sex Male 481 (86.80) 151 (88.82) 330 (86.16) 0.391 Female 72 (13.20) 19 (11.18) 53 (13.84) Injury factor (n%) Traffic accident injury 225 (40.69) 5(2.94) 220 (57.44) 0.001 High fall injury 71 (12.84) 6 (3.53) 65 (16.97) Mechanical injury 25 (4.52) 10 (5.88) 15 (3.92) Sharps injury 137 (24.77) 137 (80.59) 0 Fall injury 29 (5.24) 1 (0.59) 28 (7.31) Firearm injury 8 (1.45) 8 (4.71) 0 Other violent injuries 58 (10.49) 3 (1.76) 55 (14.36) AIS value (n%) 1 44 (7.96) 23 (13.52) 21 (5.48) 0.019 2 160 (28.93) 47 (27.65) 113 (29.50) 3 287 (51.90) 79 (46.47) 208 (54.31) 4 54 (9.76) 19 (11.18) 35 (9.14) 5 8 (1.45) 2 (1.18) 6 (1.57) Severe abdominal trauma (AIS ≥ 4, n%) AIS < 4 491 (88.79) 149 (87.65) 342 (89.30) 0.570 AIS ≥ 4 62 (11.21) 21 (12.35) 41 (10.70) ISS value (n%) <16 209 (55.70) 112 (72.26) 97 (44.09) 0.001 16–25 134 (35.70) 38 (24.52) 96 (43.64) >25 32 (8.60) 5 (3.23) 27 (12.27) Initial systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 119 (100–136) 118.5 (101–113.30 120 (99–137) 0.853 Initial heart rates 104.70 ± 20.23 105.4 ± 19.99 103.00 ± 20.73 0.187 Initial hemoglobin (mg/dl) 121 (101–142.50) 130 (111.50–147.00) 118 (99.00–139.00) 0.001 Lactate (mmol/L) 2.40 (1.50–3.45) 2.50 (1.38–3.70) 2.30 (1.60–3.40) 0.780 Potential of hydrogen (PH) 7.32 ± 0.13 7.32 (7.22–7.40) 7.31 ± 0.13 0.680 Hemodynamic stability (n %) 476 134 342 Solid organ injury 282 61 221 0.001 Hollow viscus injury 158 60 98 Solid & hollow organ injury 36 13 23 Hemodynamic instability (n %) 62 21 41 Solid organ injury 28 8 20 0.718 Hollow viscus injury 28 11 17 Solid & hollow organ injury 6 2 4 Laparoscopy surgery (n %) 65 (18.11) 28 (16.47) 37 (9.66) 0.044 Mortality (n %) 66 (11.93) 18 (10.59) 48 (12.53) 0.335 Complications (n %) 59 (10.66) 13 (7.65) 46 (12.01) 0.164